73 year old alzheimers patient shot by home owner in yard

A gun, gives man...human nature... power and control... are we surprised? I'm not. I once dated guy who brought a gun in my house and flaunting it,
like it was boy toy. And I told him flat out, either you leave, or the gun does. Never seen him since.

yes, it is the police's job. isn't that their motto? "to protect and serve"? the old man had knocked on the door. lost and confused. wasn't doing
anything threatening. home owner had ALREADY called the police. instead of waiting, he went out and killed the man.

Very sad. Kindness and understanding has been taken over by fear and suspicion. The whole world is sick with distrust.

When I was a kid, maybe 9 or 10, I answered a knock at our front door. An older man with tattered clothes stood there not knowing what to say, then
asked if there was someone older in the home. My mother rushed to the door and asked what he wanted. The most polite and beautiful conversation
transpired between my mother and this needing soul.

He was hungry. He explained how he had lost his wife and depression had taken him over to the point of being homeless. My mothers responses were
immediate and compassionate. Mom left me at the front door with this man as she hurried about the kitchen packing him a brown paper bag lunch. He was
simply a very sweet, thankful but lost person. What an incredible experience these two afforded me.

Can't help thinking that if the home owner had not done the dirty deed of shooting this man, that the cops certainly would have.

yes, it is the police's job. isn't that their motto? "to protect and serve"? the old man had knocked on the door. lost and confused. wasn't doing
anything threatening. home owner had ALREADY called the police. instead of waiting, he went out and killed the man.

Protect and serve? you went old school with that one. When is the last time you have seen that motto on the police cars? They stopped using that motto
about 15 years ago in my part of the country. Police response time can be up to an hour. If you can wait an hour for the police while a potential
threat is on your property, more power to ya.
As for me, the lives and safety of my family aren't worth the gamble.

FDR was right. The only thing to fear is "fear itself". Leads to debacles like this. Fear of an old man. Fear of your neighbor. Fear of the gov't.
FEAR!!!!! Maybe we should channel the spirit of FDR to get some counsel. Nah, some nut would probably shoot him out of fear. @@

i am very saddened, but not surprised at the attitude on here. these people had already called the police. the man was NOT harming or threatening or
causing any damage. just knocked on the door. and this is cause for a death sentence by the home owner. we might just as well get rid of all police.
let it it be a free for all out there. any one now can shoot any one for what ever reason they wish with out any legal repercussions what so ever.
"he looked at me funny, so i shot him." "little boy was in my back yard getting his ball, so i beat him."

I can say with absolute certainty that the distrust I have for my fellow man does not come anywhere close to feeling the fearful need to shoot
someone, or even to harm another person. There is almost always a better way.

Unfortunately I and many others have been swept up into the trend of not trusting. I just try to stay aware of the atmosphere in order to never get
physically caught up in it, while continuing to give my fellow man the same treatment as I would ask for.

I'm of the firm belief that the increase in tragic incidents such as this is the result of the perpetual FEAR being created,instilled, and maintained
within our society (by the government/media/peer groups/etc, ALL of them). People are being conditioned to FEAR practically everything that is
not immediately familiar to them regardless if there is a valid reason to fear or not, and it's creating an atmosphere of reactionary paranoia that is
becoming closer to mental illness than anything else.

It's sad, and it's a shame.

"There's no doubt in our mind that Mr. Hendrix and his fiance felt threatened," the sheriff told reporters.

However, the sheriff also expressed his view that Hendrix should not have left the house as his fiance stayed on the phone with an emergency
dispatcher, who had sent two sheriff's patrol cars to the residence.

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